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Limited time discounts:

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MagicPicker 9 color wheel (35% off)
MagicTints 3, one-click color matcher (50% off)
MagicSquire 6.1, professional brush manager (30% off)
MixColors 5, color mixer (30% off)

MagicRefs 2, reference manager (30% off)
DiskFonts 1.2, font manager (30% off)

Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts on all Anastasiy's Panels

Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts on all Anastasiy



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Upgraded my popular MagicPicker to version 9! New update brings Color History! Draggable between Sliders.
Enter Values on every slider (including Temperature).
Legendary Munsell Color Wheel! Paste colors to MagicPicker (Like “255,255,10″ or #fff or even “2.5YR 6/6″ or see how ”Persian Rose” looks like). There’s more!! Pin HUD to the same place, Vector Opacity, Slight color changes with Ctrl+Shift. Full CC 2023 support. Even more features, faster UI!

MagicPicker with Munsell Color Wheel in Photoshop, Color History, Sliders

MagicPicker with Munsell Color Wheel in Photoshop, Color History, Sliders

Upgrade MagicPicker with Bonus Discount until November 24th!

NEW IN version 9

* Improved UI performance! New framework update, for blazing fast clicks, drags and other UI actions
* Full support of new Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator 2023, including Keyboard Shortcuts

NEW! Enter values directly in the sliders
New switchable value inputs next to every slider (including Temperature, LCh etc)
Hide/Show with a button
Supports HSB, HSL, Lab, Lch/HCL, CMYK, Color Temperature, Gradient between Foreground/Background (Blend),
CIE L*u*v*, Grayscale, RGB

NEW! Have a constant place for the HUD on the screen. Activated from Settings
“Pin HUD to same place”,
When ON keeps HUD show up at the same place on your screen
When OFF, HUD will show up at the cursor position
Doesn’t let the HUD cover your image

NEW! Munsell Color Wheel - industry standard, with human perceived gamut-limiting in mind
Switch it on using Color Wheel Mode button on the top right
Can display Munsell values on the bottom of wheel
Features extended ranges of Red, Blue and Yellow
Paste munsell data into color wheel (decode) using new Color from Clipboard feature
Supports Red Up mode

NEW! Color History as a slider! Scalable, selectable, scrollable.
Add new Color History using the same “+” button that you use to add sliders
Use Color History with any combination of sliders
Preserves color between sessions

NEW! Paste colors from clipboard - have a text and MagicPicker will convert it to a Photoshop foreground/background color
Paste RGB, Hex, HSL, CMYK
Paste colors by name! Like “Green”, “Red”, or even “Electric violet” - see how colors look like!
Use #123456 for hex colors or 255,255,255 for RGB colors
Use hsb(1,2,3) for HSB colors or hsl(10,2,3) for HSL colors
Supports lab, rgb, hsl, hsb, cmyk, xyz, lch, luv - using “luv(value, value, value)” (example)
Use “2.5YR 6.0/6.0″ style for Munsell values
Set up “Color from Clipboard” keyboard shortcut for pasting in Settings -> Keyboard Shortcuts

NEW! Make it blueish or make it warmer - use Ctrl+Shift on sliders to move the pointer slightly towards mouse cursor/new color
when you Ctrl+Shift+Click on the sliders

NEW! Change vector opacity!
Works in Illustrator and Photoshop vectors
When vectors are selected and automatic Opacity button appears under colors, click on it and use slider to adjust opacity
of current selection

- Added Munsell Color values to the bottom left corner of the color wheel, with current color values
- Now HUGE (full panel size) alt-click color preview dynamically changes when current color updated in Photoshop
- Streamlined panel update process, there’s no need to look for serial numbers anymore
- Fixed an issue when some buttons didn’t react on mouse hovers - especially Exchange Colors and Forgeround/Background colors
- Fixed a rare issue when in certain configurations with white foreground color when starting MagicPicker it would show up as white with no hues

Upgrade MagicPicker

Read more about MagicPicker, the Photoshop Color Wheel



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Install/Uninstall/Update/Manage all your Adobe extensions and panels easily with FREE Anastasiy’s Extension Manager 4.0! Now with Adobe Creative Cloud CC 2023 support.

Supports all 3rd party ZXP & UXP extensions (including my MagicPicker, Photoshop color wheel) for Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Animate, Flash Pro, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, XD.

Free Anastasiy’s Extension Manager 4.0 for CC2023

Free Anastasiy’s Extension Manager 4.0 for CC2023

Recommended by Adobe!

Free Download of Anastasiy’s Extension Manager

New in v4.0:

  • Compatibility with all latest CC 2023 and CC 2022 updates
  • Fixed UI issues on Windows 11, mac OS Monterey and Ventura
  • Various UI updates
  • All made by your feedback! Please keep it coming –Anastasiy


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Anastasiy Safari

New tutorials are up for MagicPicker color wheel

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Oct 18, 2022 Under MagicPicker, Tips&tricks, color wheel

Tutorials for my panel MagicPicker, Photoshop color wheel (CC2023 compatible!) are updated with new articles.

Change foreground/background gradient color slider

Change foreground/background gradient color slider

Learn how to use new sliders, combine them in groups and more!



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Updated my color wheel panel to v8.3

New MagicPicker 8.3 for Photoshop: delete select CMYK sliders, K-Lock, more!

New MagicPicker 8.3 for Photoshop: delete select CMYK sliders, K-Lock, more!

– Fixed problem with CMYK sliders and gradients in various scenarios
– Improved UI localization when activating panel, added link to license retrieval
– Improved activation on macOS Monterey
– Fixed: K-Lock was turning on when deleting individual C,M,Y or K sliders

Upgrade to MagicPicker 8.3

MagicPicker 8 – advanced color wheel HUD and panel for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator



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Tip#110: Using MagicPicker Transparent and Crystal HUD modes

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Feb 22, 2022 Under Adobe, MagicPicker, color wheel, photoshop

Tip#110: Using MagicPicker Transparent and Crystal HUD modes

Tip#110: Using MagicPicker Transparent and Crystal HUD modes

Use new MagicPicker’s Crystal HUD mode or see your fantastic artwork through transparent panel.

  1. Change HUD Opacity in Settings or
  2. Enable background Blur
  3. Adjust HUD transparency 0-100
  4. Quickly call HUD with a shortcut
  5. Resize HUD the way need

From series of tutorials for MagicPicker, advanced Photoshop color wheel panel



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GREAT WINTER SALE: MagicPicker, MagicSquire, MixColors, MagicTints, MagicRefs, DiskFonts discounted up to -60%

GREAT WINTER SALE: MagicPicker, MagicSquire, MixColors, MagicTints, MagicRefs, DiskFonts discounted up to -60%

Limited time discounts at anastasiy.com! Get all panels in discounted bundles or

 

Color Wheel with advanced color spaces and sliders designed for digital art
Upgrade MagicPicker with a discount

 

Get MagicTints 2
Standalone fast GPU AI color matching between images, generates LUT, Windows & macOS Desktop, also Adobe® Photoshop plugin
Upgrade MagicTints with a discount

 

Get MagicSquire 5
Quick Brush HUD, lets organize brushes in colorful groups, controls Photoshop brush values
Upgrade MagicSquire with a discount

 

Get MixColors 4
Extracts palette from image, groups Photoshop swatches in compact folders, mixes colors
Upgrade MixColors with a discount

 

Get MagicRefs 2
Fast handling of Reference Images (image assets) in Adobe® Photoshop
Upgrade MagicRefs with a discount

 

Get DiskFonts
Preview fonts before installing them


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Just published a new update to my MagicPicker panel.

New MagicPicker 8.1 fixes L*c*h, Lab sliders, improves transparent color wheel HUD, blank panel fix, more

New MagicPicker 8.1 fixes L*c*h, Lab sliders, improves transparent color wheel HUD, blank panel fix, more

Here’s what’s new:

– Fixed a long standing problem when panel was blank sometimes, immediate after starting Photoshop
– Fixed Lab sliders’ L position
– Fixed a problem with h* slider of L*c*h color space. When moving this slider color preserves brightness and saturation of current color now. Only hue is changing like it’s supposed to work
– Fixed various issues with HUD
– On macOS HUD now should start as expected
– Now HUD runs on Adobe Illustrator in all scenarios
– Fixed various UI issues on Adobe Illustrator
– Improved Chinese UI translation

Upgrade MagicPicker

Read more about MagicPicker, pro color wheel & HUD for Adobe Photoshop (and Illustrator)



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Just updated my popular color wheel panel for Adobe Photoshop. Featuring the early upgrade bonus, see below!

Transparent HUD! OMG. Variable opacity. On/off Background Blurred Glass effect. Sliders Revolution! 10 NEW Color Spaces designed for artists, with Sliders under Color Wheel: Lab, L*c*h, Temperature, HSL, Gradient Blend, CMYK, CIE Luv, Grayscale, HSB, RGB. Pick colors. Arrange like you want! Drag, remove. Full CC 2022 support. More features, faster UI!

MagicPicker 8 is here with Lab, L*c*h, HSL, Temperature Sliders, TRANSPARENT HUD

MagicPicker 8 is here with Lab, L*c*h, HSL, Temperature Sliders, TRANSPARENT HUD

WHAT’S NEW in MagicPicker version 8.0:

* Full support of new Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator 2022, including Keyboard Shortcuts
* Graphics Framework improvements - UI now faster in scaling, resizing, animation, redraw etc
* HUD is faster
* Improved styling of UI, added small touches here and there
* Now works much better and updates better when working with subtle colors (hues/saturation around 2-3%)

  • NEW! TRANSPARENT HUD - a new see-through experience! Change from Settings
    - MagicPicker HUD now can be fully transparent so you could see where you’re working at
    - Have only color wheel/color picker visible
    - Transparency can be set in Settings from 0 to 100
    - Adjust Transparency dynamically
    - Activate Blur to blur background under panel
    - Supports PRO Mode so you could only have round color wheel visible on the screen
    - HUD is still resizeable in that state
    - Supports all features of MagicPicker including sliders, boxes, etc
    - Pops up under your cursor
  • NEW! Have main panel in Compact Mode and MagicPicker HUD on the screen at the same time. Two main colors always visible and HUD appears on-demand under your cursor
  • NEW! New fully cusomizable sliders in any combinations Supported:
    - HSB, * HSL - more natural shade between black/white/current color, * Lab, * Lch/HCL - finally a human perception based color sliders, that preserve lightness & saturation of hues * CMYK, * Color Temperature, * Gradient between Foreground/Background (Blend), * CIE L*u*v*, * Grayscale, * RGB
    - Add with a new + button on the left of sliders
    - Delete individual sliders - drag by label and then drop to a Trash can on the bottom
    - Keep single sliders and remove the others so you can have combinations like H,R,G,L or L*,S,B
    - Freely rearrange by grabbing and moving! Move sliders up or down quickly
    - All slider values are synced with your current color profile
    - New sliders are compatible with PRO Mode, K-Lock and Tone Lock!
    - Display exact values on mouse hover
    - All sliders are fully dynamic and update in realtime
    * Reset sliders - from the menu, to original combinations
  • NEW! Reset color schemes - from MagicPicker menu. Will reset secondary colors to default position
  • NEW! You asked for it!
    * On Windows in Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl no longer required. Now allowing F1, F2 etc. keys
  • NEW! Illustrator: * Keyboard Shortcut to swap Fill/Stroke swatches on Illustrator (and Background/Foreground on Photoshop)

- Optimized to work with new Windows 11, macOS Big Sur, Monterey
- Improved memory handling, on some computers MagicPicker started to eat memory and slowed down after awhile, fixed that
- HUD round corners are back for all Windows users!
- Fixed a problem with setting vector shapes stroke colors on CC 2020, CC 2021 & CC 2022
- Improved assigning of keyboard shortcuts in varios scenarios
- Fixed problems with entering keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Illustrator in various scenarios
- MagicPicker now speaks more languages: Chinese, Spanish
- Fixed a rare problem on Adobe Illustrator where panel could stop updating its colors after some time
- Still supports Adobe CS4, CS5, CS5.5 and CS6 (also CC, CC2014, CC2015, CC2017, CC2019, 2020, 2021, 2022+)
- HUD Mode supports OpenGL and Metal GPU acceleration (if present) for transparency blur
- Transparent HUD optimized for better power management on laptops, Surface devices and MacBooks
- Transparent HUD optimized to run on older computers
- Fixed various minor UI problems
- All improvements implemented by real-life users’ feedback

Upgrade to MagicPicker 8 now and receive a limited-time early upgrade discount

Read more about MagicPicker, the most advanced and slick color wheel HUD/panel for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator



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Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2020 discounts on Photoshop panels

Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2020 discounts on Photoshop panels

#BlackFriday discounts up to 60% on my Photoshop plugins for artists, photographers, designers and all creative professionals: MagicPicker Color Wheel HUD, MagicTints AI Color Matcher, MagicSquire Brush Organizer and other #Photoshop & #Illustrator panels. Get yours: http://anastasiy.com/blackfriday

MagicPicker 7 color wheel (35% off)
MagicTints, 1-click color matcher (50% off)
MagicSquire 4, professional brush manager (30% off)
MixColors 3, color mixer (30% off)

MagicRefs 1, reference manager (30% off)
DiskFonts 1, font manager (30% off)



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